An article near and dear to my wife's heart: light pollution

[thewayne]

Some interesting personal security implications.

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/08/20/070820fa_fact_owen?printable=true

http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2007/09/light_and_crime.html

Comments

[ateji.livejournal.com]

Fascinating.

I never knew how bright the sky could be until I started taking road trips. Going through the Arizona desert or across Idaho at night always puts me in mind of that line from "2001": "My God! It's full of stars!"

Makes me paranoid, though. I'm very much a city girl.